The 95th Ohio Infantry Regiment, sometimes also known as the 95th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (or 95th OVI) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 95th Regiment, O.V.I, was organized at Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio and mustered in for three years' service on August 19, 1862, under the command of Colonel William Linn McMillen. The regiment was attached to Cruft's Brigade, Army of Kentucky, Department of the Ohio. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, XV Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to December 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, XVI Corps, to December 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Detachment Army of the Tennessee, Department of the Cumberland, to February 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, XVI Corps, Military Division West Mississippi, to August 1865. The 95th Regiment, O.V.I., mustered out of service at Louisville, Kentucky, on August 14, 1865. Detailed service The 95th's detailed service history is as follows: 1862 The base of operations for the regiment was relocated to Lexington, Kentucky on August 20. A battle took place in Richmond, Kentucky on August 29 and 30th, resulting in a significant number of the regiment being captured. These individuals were exchanged on November 20, 1862. The regiment underwent reorganization at Camp Chase, Ohio until March of 1863. 1863 On March 25, a military unit moved from a location to Memphis, Tennessee. From March 29th to April 1st, the unit moved from Memphis to Young's Point and Ducksport Landing. The unit then engaged in operations against Vicksburg from April 2nd to July 4th. They moved to join the main army in the rear of Vicksburg from May 2nd to 14th and participated in engagements at Mississippi Springs, Baldwyn's Ferry, and Jackson. The unit then participated in the siege of Vicksburg from May 18th to July 4th, including assaults on May 19 and 22nd. They also conducted an expedition to Mechanicsburg from May 26th to June 4th, and an advance on Jackson, Mississippi from July 4th to 10th, followed by a siege of Jackson from July 10th to 17th. The unit then camped at Big Black until November, and conducted an expedition to Canton from October 14th to 20th, including an engagement at Bogue Chitto Creek on October 17. The unit was then ordered to move to Memphis, Tennessee on November 12, and were responsible for guarding the Memphis & Charleston Railroad near the city until February 1864.